Written Answers - Teaching Council of Ireland

Wednesday, 20 June 2012

Dáil Éireann Debate
Vol. 769 No. 2

Page of 164

70. Deputy Finian McGrath
asked the
Minister for Education and Skills
his views on the issues raised by a person (details supplied) regarding the application for conditional registration with the Teaching Council and his Department for fashion industry practice course.
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Minister for Education and Skills (Deputy Ruairí Quinn):Each person appointed to a teaching post should be registered with the Teaching Council. As the Deputy may be aware, the Teaching Council is the body with statutory responsibility for regulation of the teaching profession. The Teaching Council’s registration regulations are set out on its website and provide details of the requirements for those wishing to register on the basis of qualifications suitable for the further education sector (as teachers of courses or programmes leading to FETAC or equivalent awards). From 1 April 2013, a person applying to be entered on the register as a teacher in the further education sector must also have attained a Council approved further education teacher education qualification in accordance with Regulation Five. As the Council is an independent body, it would not be appropriate for me to intervene in individual cases. The matter should be taken up directly with the Council.